“We were late with the decision”: Russia only won by expelling Japan from its waters - Matvienko
The Russian fishing industry benefited from the 2016 ban on driftnet fishing in the exclusive economic zone of the Russian Federation.
Speaker Valentina Matvienko stated this at a meeting of the Federation Council today, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“For decades, Japan has been catching huge volumes of fish in our waters with nets of 30 km or more. They destroyed all living things: algae, birds. They chose what was tasty, and the rest was destroyed. Then everyone said: well, of course. They accepted it with difficulty - and they did it very correctly. We see now how Japan behaves towards Russia. Why on earth should we allow this?
After the adoption of this law, our poutine increased significantly, and is growing every year. We are not even ready to accept and process such a quantity of fish. The infrastructure is currently being improved. Our coastal municipalities came to life, jobs appeared, and fish went on the shelves in Russia,” Matvienko said.
She proposed that the Federation Council, together with the Russian Foreign Ministry, conduct a review and analysis of all agreements, starting from Soviet times, that do not meet the interests of Russia, give privileges to hostile countries - and denounce them. Matvienko noted that Russia is “late” with such work, “we’ve been putting up with it for two years.”
Today the Federation Council denounced the agreement on fishing in the Barents Sea, concluded by the USSR and Great Britain in 1956.
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